Some more usability notes.
I'm only a folk singer and guitar player, but a professional typesetter.
My first notation program was some crap that I got with an used Mac
(forgot the name, it was discontinued).
On Linux I tried some very early version of LilyPond but never got it
to work (font
On 24 Feb 2008, at 21:46, Nicolas Sceaux wrote:
I use a home made emacs mode, named lyqi, which makes it possible
to enter notes and change their duration, alteration, octave, etc,
with few key strokes, and with audio feedback.
The page, with some source code, can be found here:
2008/2/25, Hans Aberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
On 24 Feb 2008, at 21:46, Nicolas Sceaux wrote:
I'm using a key map described here:
http://nicolas.sceaux.free.fr/index.php/2006/07/01/8
On Mac OS X, keyboard layouts can be created using Ukelele http://
scripts.sil.org/ukelele, though I don't
On 25 Feb 2008, at 13:23, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
On Mac OS X, keyboard layouts can be created using Ukelele http://
scripts.sil.org/ukelele, though I don't know if the sound generation
is possible. :-)
As far as I can see, what Nicolas describes is definitely *not*
possible with a OS
Le samedi 23 février 2008 à 21:39 -0300, Han-Wen Nienhuys a écrit :
2008/2/23, Andrew Hawryluk [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
http://www.musicbyandrew.ca/finale-lilypond-1.html
Excellent analysis!
I like these articles too! Rachmaninoff's prelude benchmarking is done
with the same quality as in the
Le dimanche 24 février 2008 à 20:31 -0300, Han-Wen Nienhuys a écrit :
Ok, here's the rub:
we have this mechanism called concave beams, see
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/input/regression/collated-files#beam-concave.ly:
[hmmm, the #filename links are broken; we get the full path name now.
Is
Han-Wen Nienhuys skrev:
This is pretty obvious for single-voice notes; for chords it gets
hairier: which part of the chord notes do we use to decide this?
I think we should look at both top notes and bottom notes. We should
only make the beam horizontal if they agree that the pattern is
Le 25 févr. 08 à 14:11, Hans Aberg a écrit :
On 25 Feb 2008, at 13:23, Henning Hraban Ramm wrote:
On Mac OS X, keyboard layouts can be created using Ukelele http://
scripts.sil.org/ukelele, though I don't know if the sound generation
is possible. :-)
As far as I can see, what Nicolas
Here's the .ly files I used.
Waouh thanks !
Thanks for your newspaper !
Good good advertisement !
To prove that LilyPond is formidable, beam can be adapted easily with :
\once \override Beam #'positions = #'(-y1 . -y2)
%%---
RightHandTwo = \relative c'' {
bes, ees4 r
On 25 Feb 2008, at 21:34, Nicolas Sceaux wrote:
It's not just about producing strings. It's also about parsing the
previous
content (to find out, say, the current duration, or octave), and
remembering
previous typings (accidentals for instance). It's also about
modifying the
previous
Am 24.02.2008 um 14:29 schrieb till:
Andrew Hawryluk-2 wrote:
OK. maybe this isn't advertising, but as a recovering Finale user I
have been taking notes about what it was like to try LilyPond for the
first time. The first three installments of those writings are now
posted on my site and,
Hi James,
for just getting something quick, that doesn't really have to look
good,
finale is definitely faster
Several years ago, I would have called myself a Finale expert: in
addition to over a decade of use (typesetting well over a hundred
scores, including my Master's Thesis,
Hi Joseph,
Another third-party view What makes Finale and Sibelius nice in
many situations is that they are not just notation tools but
_composition_ tools, which allow you to enter into a dialogue between
notation, playback and performance. As a result, it tends to smooth
the
passage
till wrote:
I was just wondering what is it then that you like so much in Finale? You
said both are good, but for different things. What is this thing? Is it that
it is easier to correct typesetting errors in Finale?
Another third-party view What makes Finale and Sibelius nice in
many
I was just wondering what is it then that you like so much in Finale? You
said both are good, but for different things. What is this thing? Is it that
it is easier to correct typesetting errors in Finale?
Yes, I left most of that discussion for later, but to be brief,
Finale's advantages
Le 24 févr. 08 à 18:27, Andrew Hawryluk a écrit :
I was just wondering what is it then that you like so much in
Finale? You
said both are good, but for different things. What is this thing?
Is it that
it is easier to correct typesetting errors in Finale?
Yes, I left most of that
Nicolas Sceaux wrote:
Note that using a clever enough editor, you can have instant audio
feedback when entering notes for LilyPond too. And indeed this is
very useful.
Can you give some examples and some comparisons?
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Le 24 févr. 08 à 19:56, Joseph Wakeling a écrit :
Nicolas Sceaux wrote:
Note that using a clever enough editor, you can have instant audio
feedback when entering notes for LilyPond too. And indeed this is
very useful.
Can you give some examples and some comparisons?
I use a home made emacs
Some more usability notes.
I'm only a folk singer and guitar player, but a professional typesetter.
My first notation program was some crap that I got with an used Mac
(forgot the name, it was discontinued).
On Linux I tried some very early version of LilyPond but never got it
to work (font
Ok, here's the rub:
we have this mechanism called concave beams, see
http://lilypond.org/doc/v2.11/input/regression/collated-files#beam-concave.ly:
Beams whose inside notes get closer to the beam than the edge notes
should be horizontal.
This is pretty obvious for single-voice notes; for chords
On 24.02.2008, at 16:36, Kieren MacMillan wrote:
Hi James,
for just getting something quick, that doesn't really have to look
good,
finale is definitely faster
Several years ago, I would have called myself a Finale expert: in
addition to over a decade of use (typesetting well over a
2008/2/24, Rune Zedeler [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Han-Wen Nienhuys skrev:
This is pretty obvious for single-voice notes; for chords it gets
hairier: which part of the chord notes do we use to decide this?
I think we should look at both top notes and bottom notes. We should
only make the beam
OK. maybe this isn't advertising, but as a recovering Finale user I
have been taking notes about what it was like to try LilyPond for the
first time. The first three installments of those writings are now
posted on my site and, of course, the LilyPond output looks
marvellous:
2008/2/23, Andrew Hawryluk [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
OK. maybe this isn't advertising, but as a recovering Finale user I
have been taking notes about what it was like to try LilyPond for the
first time. The first three installments of those writings are now
posted on my site and, of course, the
OK. maybe this isn't advertising, but as a recovering Finale user I
have been taking notes about what it was like to try LilyPond for the
first time. The first three installments of those writings are now
posted on my site and, of course, the LilyPond output looks
marvellous:
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